Vineeta Kumar, MD

Biography

Title

Director, Transplant Nephrology Fellowship Program, Clinical Director, MS1 Renal Module

Faculty Appointment

Professor

Research Interests

Kidney transplantation
Medical Evaluation of Kidney Transplant Recipients
Living kidney donors Evaluation and Care
Blood group and HLA Incompatible kidney transplant
High Risk Solid Organ Transplantation
Rare Glomerular and Kidney diseases and recurrence after Transplantation
Antibody mediated rejection: prevention and treatment and prognosis
Kidney paired donation
Cardiovascular outcomes after kidney transplantation

Publications

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Vinetta+Kumar

Awards & Recognition

10/2019 Nominated for Argus Award for “Best Educator in Renal”
10/2019 Nominated for Argus Award for “Best MS1 Module and Module Director”
7/2019 2019 recipient of the President’s Award for Excellence in Teaching for a School of Medicine Faculty
6/2019 Approved by the AST Board of Directors for the designation of F.A.S.T., Fellow of American Society of Transplantation
5/2019 Cobb and Rutsky Faculty Award for Clinical Excellence
4/2019 Appointed Co-Chair, AST Cutting Edge in Transplantation , Annual meeting (CEOT) 2020
2/2019 Appointed Member of the AST Patient Education Committee
1/2019 Castle Connolly Peer Nominated & Physician Researched
- Top Doctors in Medicine
- Top Doctors in Nephrology
- Exceptional Women in Medicine
- Exceptional Women in Nephrology
12/2018 Recognized as Cipher Health “Exceptional Team Member” by UAB Kidney Pancreas Transplant Clinic Staff
10/2018 Chair, Education Sub-Committee, AST (American Society of Transplantation) Living Donor Community of Practice (LDCOP)
9/2018 Accepted to UAB Healthcare Leadership Academy, deferred acceptance
9/2018 Argus Award for “Best Educator in Renal” voted by the UAB Medical school class of 2022
9/2018 Argus Award for “Best MS1 Module and Module Director”
6/2018 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching to a Senior Faculty at UAB
06/2018 Selected for the B-Metro “Top Doctors in Medicine” List
5/2018 Cobb and Rutsky Faculty Award for Clinical Excellence
05/2018 Top Doctors 2018, Castle Connolly Medical
04/2018 Elected Co-Chair AST (American Society of Transplantation) Living Donor Community of Practice
02/2018 ACT Scholar, UAB Vital Talk Faculty Development Course in Advanced Communication Training a
2015, 2017: UAB Argus Award for Best Educator in Renal class of 2019, class of 2021
2017: Brewer-Heslin Endowed Award for Professionalism in Medicine at UAB
2017: B-Metro “Top Women in Medicine” List
2016: Award for “Excellence in Action” in the UAB Core Values Campaign
2016: UAB Argus Award for Best MS1 Module, class of 2020
2016: UAB Department of Medicine Faculty Honors “Unsung Hero Award”
2016, 2017: Featured as MS1 favorite faculty member in the UAB SOM newsletter class of 2020, class of 2021
2014: UAB Argus Award for Best MSI Module Director, class of 2018
2013-14, 16: UAB Argus Award Nominee for Best Educator in Renal, class of 2017, 2018 and 2020
2016: Nominated for 2016 UAB Presidential Award for Excellence in Service and Teaching
2013-15, 17: UAB Argus Award Nominee for Best MSI Organ Module/Module Directors
2012-2017: Cobb and Rutsky Faculty Award for Clinical Excellence at UAB
2012-2017: Top Doctors, US News and World Report
2016-2017: Top Physicians in Birmingham Award
2011 – 2017: America’s Top Physician
2011: Outstanding Teacher in Nephrology Award at UAB
2001-2004: Most Outstanding Clinical Teacher of the Year Award, Department of Medicine, UTHSCSA
2001-2004: Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award, Division of General Medicine, UTHSCSA
2004: Outstanding Faculty Teacher of the Year, Medical School Class of 2005, UTHSCSA
2000: Shirley P. Levine Award for Most Compassionate Resident, UTHSCSA
1997, 98, 99: Excellence in Ambulatory Care Medicine in Internal Medicine Residency, UTHSCSA
1998-99: Junior Resident of the Year, Department of Medicine, UTHSCSA
1997-98: Hartford Center for Geriatric Education Award for Excellence, UTHSCSA
1997-1998: Geriatrics Intern of the year, UTHSCSA
1998-93: Gold Medal for graduating at the top of the graduating medical school class, M.P. Shah Medical College
1993: Ranked #4 of the graduating final year medical school class, M.P. Shah Medical College
1993: Certificate of Merit for excellence from Indian Academy of Pediatrics
1991: Ranked #2 of the graduating second year medical school class, M.P. Shah Medical College
1990: Gold Medal for highest score in Anatomy in the graduating first year class and in state of Gujarat, India
1989: Ranked #1 of the graduating first year medical school class, M.P. Shah Medical College

Memberships

American Society of Transplantation (AST)
American Society of Nephrology (ASN)
National Kidney Foundation (NKF)
International Society of Nephrology (ISN)
The Transplantation Society (TTS)
American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM)
Schwartz Center and Schwartz Center Rounds for compassionate care

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